Pressing issues: an apple juice a day might well keep the doctor away

Locally pressed apple juice is packed with vitamins and nutrients - we look at the pick of the Irish-grown crop 

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Apple juice used to be something that you only found in block-like, long-life plastic cartons with the words “from concentrate” emblazoned on the side. After an initial hit of sweetness, the flavour had very little in common with actual apples. 

Missing was that tart hit of a Granny Smith eaten for an afternoon snack or the acid fizz from slices of Bramley cooking apple snaffled from Saturday morning apple tart assembly. It was a dull drink, from who knows where not something to get excited about.